January 2025 Newsletter

Well January certainly flew by but there was time for our monthly outing played in fairly pleasant conditions at Rondebosch Golf Club. And taking advantage of these benign January conditions was Mark Douglas and John Philander who both recorded 38 points with Mark Douglas winning the Dorothy Burmeister Trophy on a count out. Scott Campbell and Hugh Crichton-Stuart both scored 37 points…so very tight at the top of the leaderboard.

Following the non-placement of nearest the pins and nearest the pin in 2 on Rondebosch’s part, we are repeating an outing there on the 13 April 2025.

Our next outing is at the Somerset West Country Club – always an enjoyable morning’s golf if the wind doesn’t blow! – on Sunday 16^th February.  So let’s wait and see. Once again green fees of R400 into the club’s account timeously. I must emphasise “timeously” as clubs require the financial confirmation a few days before the actual outing.

New Match-play Tournament

A new event on our calendar – for which there is no new outing – is a match-play tournament that will be played over many months.

Here’s the press release :

… to add to our competitions this year, as the committee, we decided to add a K/O format starting at our Strand outing in March (members with a valid handicap only). The format will be based on Stableford points. Once all participating players have confirmed their entry  the committee will enter those names into a draw. This draw will then put you up against another member/opponent. Should you win your match, you will then move on to the next round.

Points of note:

• Knock Out Competition – Same as our regular outings : Stableford points
• Members to confirm their participation before the Strand outing
• Committee to do the initial draw
• Matches must be played at the same outing
• Winners proceed through to the next round

Below is the format of the tournament:

Cheers,
Trevor